We know all we want to know about each other and don't wish to know more[
Between two friends one is always the slave of the other, though frequently neither will admit it-the slave I cannot be, and to dominate is an hard job since one has to use deception as well.
I've always said that nothing good will come of those who forget old friends." At that he turned away to conceal his agitation and began pacing up and down the courtyard beside his carriage, pretending to examine the wheels, while the tears kept filling up his eyes
"Yes," he said at last, trying his best to preserve a nonchalant air though tears of disappointment still showed in his eyes, "we were friends, of course, but what's friendship nowadays? What am I to him? I'm neither rich nor titled, and besides, I'm much older. What a dandy his visit to St. Petersburg has made him!
Anything that begins so strangely must end in the same way
And if all men gave the matter more thought they would realize that life is not worth worrying over too much..
but as we drift farther away from the conventions of society and draw closer to nature we become children again whether we wished to or not-the soul is unburdened of whatever it has acquired and it becomes what it once was and what it will surely be again.
won't keep your skull on your shoulders!'
"Once the old prince him
there are people who, when they are born, the big book of life has it already written down that all sorts of amazing things will happen to them!"
